More Questions on Indian Culture
- Q. Alam Khan, one of those who invited Babur to invade India was an uncle of:
A)Ibrahim Lodhi
B)Genghis Khan
C)Mirzā Muḥammad Haydar
D)Chagatai Khan
Answer: Ibrahim Lodhi
- Q. The most distinguishing feature of various Chalcolithic Cultures in ancient period is their :
A)Seal
B)Black Polished Ware
C)Painted Grey Ware
D)Painted Pottery
Answer: Painted Pottery
- Q. The three great Chinese pilgrims who visited India in search of knowledge, manuscripts and relics between the fifth and seventh centuries A. D. are:
A)Fa-Hien, Huin-Tsang, and Meghasthanise
B)Meghasthanise, Huin-Tsang, and I-Tsing
C)Fa-Hien, Huin-Tsang, and I-Tsing
D)Fa-Hien, Meghasthanise, and I-Tsing
Answer: Fa-Hien, Huin-Tsang, and I-Tsing
- Q. Tipu Sultan was the Sultan (ruler) of Mysore from:
A)1782 to 1799
B)1782 to 1805
C)1772 to 1799
D)1782 to 1790
Answer: 1782 to 1799
- Q. Under which Delhi Sultan’s rule, was the Kharaj in the form of a proper land tax levied over large parts of northern India?
A)Alaudin Khilji
B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
C)Qutbuddin Aibak
D)Mahmood Shah
Answer: Alaudin Khilji
- Q. The last ruler of Tughlaq dynasty was:
A)Nasir Uddin Mahmood
B)Alam Shah
C)Firoz Shah Tuglaq
D)Mahmood Shah
Answer: Nasir Uddin Mahmood
- Q. Who wrote the book The Wonder that was India?
A)Jawahar Lal Neharu
B)J. Joshi
C)R. K. Mehta
D)A. L. Bansal
Answer: A. L. Bansal
- Q. The first Carnatic War between the French and the English took place between:
A)1546 and 1548
B)1646 and 1648
C)1446 and 1448
D)1746 and 1748
Answer: 1746 and 1748
- Q. Shri Narsimhan committee constituted in December 1995 was associated with:
A)Implementation of financial system reforms.
B)Implementation of Constitutional reforms
C)Implementation of Castism reforms
D)None of these
Answer: Implementation of financial system reforms.
- Q. Who was the first of decipher the inscriptions of Ashoka and the Brahmi script?
A)V. Smith
B)James Princep
C)R. K. Mehta
D)None of these
Answer: James Princep
- Q. The fundamental principles of Buddha’s teachings are represented by the four Nobel Truths viz. :
A)Sukhkkha, Dukkha Samuddaya, Dukkha Nirodha and Dukkha Nirodh-Gamini-Pratipada.
B)Dukkha, Dukkha Samuddaya, Dukkha Nirodha and Dukkha Nirodh-Gamini-Pratipada.
C)Suukkha, Sukkha Samuddaya, Dukkha Nirodha and Dukkha Nirodh-Gamini-Pratipada.
D)None of Above
Answer: Dukkha, Dukkha Samuddaya, Dukkha Nirodha and Dukkha Nirodh-Gamini-Pratipada.
- Q. The Puranas define the term Bharatavarsha as the country marked by seven main chains of mountains viz.:
A)Mahendra, Malaya, Nashukha, Suktimat, Riksha, Vindhya and Pariyatra
B)Mahendra, Malaya, Sabhya, Suktimat, Riksha, Vindhya and Pariyatra
C)Mahendra, Malaya, Sabhya, Suktimat, Amalya, Vindhya and Pariyatra
D)Mahendra, Haruna, Sabhya, Suktimat, Riksha, Vindhya and Pariyatra
Answer: Mahendra, Malaya, Sabhya, Suktimat, Riksha, Vindhya and Pariyatra
- Q. Akbar the great Mughal Emperor proclaimed a new religion Din-e-Ilahi in:
A)1575
B)1565
C)1581
D)1583
Answer: 1581
- Q. The last Trithankara in Jain tradition is:
A)Aristhanemia
B)Rishabhanath
C)Vardhamana Mahavira
D)Ajitnath
Answer: Vardhamana Mahavira
- Q. Ahar culture, Kayatha culture, Malwa culture, Savalda culture, Jorwa culture, Prabas culture, Rangpur culture are all parts of:
A)Middle Paleolithic Cultures
B)Lower Paleolithic Cultures
C)Upper Paleolithic Cultures
D)Chalcolithic Cultures
Answer: Chalcolithic Cultures
- Q. OCP (Ochre Coloured Pottery Culture) prevailed :
A)Between1300 B.C.-1000 B.C.
B)Between1200 B.C.-1000 B.C.
C)Between1500 B.C.-1000 B.C.
D)Between1800 B.C.-1000 B.C.
Answer: Between1500 B.C.-1000 B.C.
- Q. When were the High Courts in Calcutta, Madras and Bombay established?
A)In the year 1893
B)In the year 1865
C)In the year 1931
D)In the year 1862
Answer: In the year 1862
- Q. The eastern most outpost of Indus Valley Civilization (Alamgirpur) was excavated by :
A)B.B. Lai
B)J. Joshi
C)Y. D. Sharma
D)S.R. Rao
Answer: Y. D. Sharma
- Q. Who wrote the book ‘Early History of India’ in 1904?
A)Rakhal Das Bannerjee
B)V.A. Smith.
C)R. K. Mehta
D)None of these
Answer: V.A. Smith.
- Q. The Sabha and Samiti have been called two daughters of Prajapati in :
A)The Rig Veda
B)The Artharvaveda
C)The Sama Veda
D)The Yajur Veda
Answer: The Artharvaveda
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